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Determining What Accessible Assistive Technology You Need in School

What is Assistive Technology? In the IDEA, the federal law that created IEPs, “assistive technology devices” (AT devices) have a broad definition and, essentially, anything that helps a student with a disability do something is an AT device (see the legal definition below). In fact, if the last three words (with a disability) were deleted, […]

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Scholarship Opportunities for Blind/Low Vision Students with Spring Deadlines

For Maryland Students John T.  McCraw Scholarship Program (National Federation of the blind of Maryland) Award: At least $2,000, and up to $3,500 Merit-based; based on based on academic excellence, community service, and leadership Financial assistance to attend the annual Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in its entirety, July 6-11, 2021, in […]

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Get Your News On Your Own Terms with NFB Newsline® (It’s Free)

This week brings the inauguration of the forty-sixth President of the United States (Joe Biden) the first female, first African-American, and first Asian-American Vice President (Kamala Harris), and the first U.S. presidential inauguration held during a pandemic. There’s no better time to get connected with a free, accessible means of getting the news you want, […]

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Goal-Setting Tips and Techniques

We cannot achieve goals we have not set, and it’s never too early or too late to set goals. In this interview, David DeNotaris, Chief Inspiration Officer at Sky’s the Limit Communications, LLC and Consultant for the Bridges Project shares great goal-setting tips with Bridges Transition Helpdesk Program Coordinator Hindley Williams. Contact us Follow the […]

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Tackle the Tech

Free, on-demand, high-quality, accessible training resources from Freedom Scientific (JAWS, Fusion, ZoomText, and Focus Blue Braille displays)! Freedom Scientific provides wonderful tools: screen reading software, screen magnification software, a combination of both, and refreshable Braille displays. But Freedom Scientific does not stop there: they have created an immense pool of free and accessible training tools […]